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And so do alligators. And it looks like dinosaurs did too. In modern birds, the lungs’ gas exchange units are not alveoli, but tubes known as “parabronchi,” through which air flows in one direction before exiting the lung. Farmer says this lung design helps birds fly at altitudes that would “render mammals comatose.” From here. Seriously fascinating. [...] ZOMG, I love science. okay, imagine this… Deep in the night, unnoticed by the sleeping countryside, the lake rumbles. A sudden fountain shoots hundreds of feet in the air, and the once-still lake erupts in waves taller than trees. From the water a cold mist arises. Creeping down valleys, the mist engulfs and swallows village after village, leaving many dead [...] If, somehow, you don’t know who Susan Boyle is, go here. I’ll wait. So. Why she makes me cry. Still, when I know what’s coming when she opens her mouth. Still, when she “lost” Britain’s Got Talent. (I put “lost” in quotes because it isn’t Highlander–there can be more than one winner, and coming out on [...] Observant folks might have noticed the “Current Project” thingy has changed. I have decided that I did enough with Ben’s story to be able to pick it up more easily next time, and also that I needed more time for it. So Ben goes to the back-burner until summer. (The DOOMY Summer of Editing DOOM, [...] |
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